Concrete building



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F. B. REILLY CONCRETE BUILDING Filed Aug. 1.5, 192] Iwmmw T .Rmm.

Patented Feb... BT13.

rnanors JBJELL REILLY, or REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN, camera.

CONCRETE BUILDING.

Application filed au st 1 Further objects are to enable a building of this character to be constructed without the erection of special forms forthe walls or flooring of the.building. Further objects still are generally to improve and sunplify the construction of the varlous sections and blocks entering into the concrete building and to better adapt them to perform the various functions required ofthem, and it consists essentially of the improved construction hereinafter described in detail in the accompanyingspecification and drawings; In the drawings: L

Figure 1 is a cross sectional view of one of the wall blocks.

Figure 2 is across sectional view of a plurality of the wall blocks in position.

Figure 3 is a side viewof the'block shown in Figure 1. i Figure 4 is a perspective View of the block. A

In constructing the building in-accordance with the present invention, the walls are formed from a. plurality of concrete blocks preferably reinforced and they are manufactored away from the building and are preferably of uniform size. These blocks are united by connecting columns which are poured on the job and are designed to sup' port flooring slabs on which the floor is supported, thewindow and door jambs being also cast away from; the job and placed in position as hereinafter described.

Referring particularly to Figures 1 and 3 which show the side block, it will be seen that it comprises a cross section of a block in which the inner wall a and outer wall 6 are held in place by cross webs d and d to which a centre wall 0 is attached thus forming two air spaces 6 and f which extend 5, 1921. Serial No. 492,594.

from top to bottom of the block which block extends from floor to ceiling.

These blocks are re-enforced with rods, expanded metal, wire mesh or other suitable re-enforcing material. Where lightness is desired, the centre wall 0 may be of sheet metal, or fibre board, or other prepared material which is cast in place at the time the block is made. Extending upwards from the webs b, d is a metal loop k,.Figure 6,

by which the block is lifted in a crane or other hoisting apparatus.

It will be seen that when the blocks are set in place in the wall there will be a space between the adjacent cross webs d and in these spaces concrete columns 9 are poured, these being re-enforced with suitable rods which are wired apart and dropped into place before the column is cast. A tapered core 72, is set in place before the column is cast and when concrete is set this is withdrawn leaving an air space 71 between the column 9 and the inner wall a. A little mortar is poureddown spaces e and f forming an effectual stop at Z. The .webs d and. centre wall 0 are kept shorter than the outer walls a and b. The top of air spaces e and 7' are covered or stopped as at m, thus making the form in which the beam n is cast, which is. also suitably re-enforced. The beams n carried up to topof wall a form supports on which the floor or ceiling is carried.

The interior walls and ceilings can be plastered directly on the block owing to the double air space without the use of lath, I

but if a further insulation is required the interior wall a can be made of any convenient; insulation plaster. The external walls may be rough cast directly on the blocks or merely treated at joints.

The wall block shown is of rectangular shape, butlin the case of a building with a round orcurved wall, the inner and outer walls of-the blocks will be shaped to conform with the shapev of the building.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many widely diflerent embodiments of my invention within the scope of the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

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What I claim as my invention is:

1. Ina concrete construction, a wall block comprising a, pair of parallel spaced outer walls connected adjacent to each end by a cross web, acentre wall connecting the cross webs and dividing the space between said walls whereby a double space is formed between the outer walls, and means in combination with said 'webs and the extended l in which the outer wall is projected above the inner wall to thereby form a seat on the I inner wall for the flooring.

5. The concrete block as claimed in claim 1 in which a metal loop is connected to the block by which it may be lifted.

6. In a concrete construction the combination with two abutting wall tiles having adjacent recesses forming a central space. for a column, of a column in the said space provided with air space adjacent to one wall of the tiles.

7. In a concrete construction a wall block formed with a central air space extending from the top to bottom of the same, means for stopping the air spaces at both the top and bottom.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence oi two witnesses. FRANCIS BELL REILLY. Witnesses:

RUssEL S. SMART, CLARICE FERGUSON. 

